Oxford Cambridge and RSA
Monday 17 June 2024 – Afternoon
GCSE (9–1) Music
J536/05 Listening and Appraising
The time allowed for the examination is the duration of the audio file.
You must have:
* 1 3 9 4 0 0 3 2 6 7 *
• the audio file (downloaded from OCR Digital File
Despatch)
You can use:
• an HB pencil
* J 5 3 6 0 5 *
Please write clearly in black ink. Do not write in the barcodes.
Centre number Candidate number
First name(s)
Last name
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink. You can use an HB pencil, but only for writing on the score.
• Once the audio file has started you will have 2 minutes to look through this question
paper.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra space use
the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown.
• Answer all the questions.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• You will have time to write your answers between the playing of extracts.
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 20 pages.
ADVICE
• Listen to and read each question carefully before you start your answer.
© OCR 2024 [601/8216/7] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (LK) 329321/4 Turn over
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1 This question is based on Area of Study 4 – Film Music.
You will hear this extract played three times.
This extract is from a piece of music by Rossini that was used in the 1956 film The Lone Ranger.
The Lone Ranger is a type of superhero who wears a mask and goes around fighting for justice.
The music plays at the beginning and the end of the film when the Lone Ranger is riding his
horse across the hills.
The music starts with a fanfare introduction that ends with a silence before the music continues.
(a)
(i) Name an instrument that plays the melody in the fanfare introduction.
..................................................................................................................................................... [1]
(ii) Tick two boxes that describe the shape of this melody.
Ascending scale Ascending sequence
Chromatic scale Descending scale
Descending sequence Major arpeggio
Minor arpeggio Repeated notes
[2]
(b) Give one word that describes the articulation in the fanfare introduction.
..................................................................................................................................................... [1]
(c) Name two percussion instruments that are heard in this extract.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
[2]
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(d) Give four features of the music after the fanfare introduction that help to portray the scene.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
3 .......................................................................................................................................................
4 .......................................................................................................................................................
[4]
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2 This question is based on Area of Study 3 – Rhythms of the World.
You will hear this extract played three times.
(a) Suggest the name of a country from where this extract might originate.
..................................................................................................................................................... [1]
(b) Name the three instruments that can be heard in this extract.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
3 .......................................................................................................................................................
[3]
(c) Give four features of this extract that are typical of the style. Do not just name instruments.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
3 ......................................................................................................................................................
4 ......................................................................................................................................................
[4]
© OCR 2024
Monday 17 June 2024 – Afternoon
GCSE (9–1) Music
J536/05 Listening and Appraising
The time allowed for the examination is the duration of the audio file.
You must have:
* 1 3 9 4 0 0 3 2 6 7 *
• the audio file (downloaded from OCR Digital File
Despatch)
You can use:
• an HB pencil
* J 5 3 6 0 5 *
Please write clearly in black ink. Do not write in the barcodes.
Centre number Candidate number
First name(s)
Last name
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink. You can use an HB pencil, but only for writing on the score.
• Once the audio file has started you will have 2 minutes to look through this question
paper.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided. If you need extra space use
the lined pages at the end of this booklet. The question numbers must be clearly shown.
• Answer all the questions.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• You will have time to write your answers between the playing of extracts.
• Quality of extended response will be assessed in questions marked with an asterisk (*).
• This document has 20 pages.
ADVICE
• Listen to and read each question carefully before you start your answer.
© OCR 2024 [601/8216/7] OCR is an exempt Charity
DC (LK) 329321/4 Turn over
, 2
1 This question is based on Area of Study 4 – Film Music.
You will hear this extract played three times.
This extract is from a piece of music by Rossini that was used in the 1956 film The Lone Ranger.
The Lone Ranger is a type of superhero who wears a mask and goes around fighting for justice.
The music plays at the beginning and the end of the film when the Lone Ranger is riding his
horse across the hills.
The music starts with a fanfare introduction that ends with a silence before the music continues.
(a)
(i) Name an instrument that plays the melody in the fanfare introduction.
..................................................................................................................................................... [1]
(ii) Tick two boxes that describe the shape of this melody.
Ascending scale Ascending sequence
Chromatic scale Descending scale
Descending sequence Major arpeggio
Minor arpeggio Repeated notes
[2]
(b) Give one word that describes the articulation in the fanfare introduction.
..................................................................................................................................................... [1]
(c) Name two percussion instruments that are heard in this extract.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
[2]
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(d) Give four features of the music after the fanfare introduction that help to portray the scene.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
3 .......................................................................................................................................................
4 .......................................................................................................................................................
[4]
© OCR 2024 Turn over
, 4
2 This question is based on Area of Study 3 – Rhythms of the World.
You will hear this extract played three times.
(a) Suggest the name of a country from where this extract might originate.
..................................................................................................................................................... [1]
(b) Name the three instruments that can be heard in this extract.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
3 .......................................................................................................................................................
[3]
(c) Give four features of this extract that are typical of the style. Do not just name instruments.
1 .......................................................................................................................................................
2 .......................................................................................................................................................
3 ......................................................................................................................................................
4 ......................................................................................................................................................
[4]
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